06.16.10
Food and Crafting Again
Current events have been too depressing for me lately. To keep my sanity I like to delve into crafts and food, heheh. And fortunately, this past Sunday was craft day for me and my girlfriend. In between our craft days we still keep in touch with each other and update each other on our progress. Last week I started on a pattern of potted herbs and finished one Christmas ornament of a cat looking through a window.
Then since the boys are on quarter break we decided to eat out at Real Food Daily, our local organic vegetarian restaurant. I had the Stir it Up with soba noodles and tofu.
Brian and the boys had the Burrito Supreme dish.
So when Sunday came along, I hooked up with my friend again for “girlfriend craft day” and started off in the usual way–lunch with the family for dim sum, again. This time we hit Harbor Village in Monterey Park. Here’s how our table looked at one point.
My mom wanted to try their tripe dish.
Here’s what my dish looked like at one point with the sticky rice opened up.
After dim sum we headed out for tea (even though I had already had several refills of tea, but they wanted to go and chat some more!), then back to my parents to work on our crafts. I was able to sew up a few of my ornaments and finished up my herb pattern. Here it is framed and hung up on my wall.
This is actually a small picture about 5″x7″. Since it’s so small I decided to just pick up a desk frame that I liked and remove the stand on the back. I placed a tie on the back and hung it on the wall. I saved the stand from the back in case I later decide to use this frame again for a desk.
I’m currently working on one of the Christmas decoration patterns that my friend and I recently purchased. And I think soon, I’ll start on another larger cross-stitch pattern by Donna Dewberry. I’m also currently reading a book called Nixon and Mao. So far it’s interesting, and may blog about that later on.
Marlakins
